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GBIF·2364450speciesAnimalia16 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusCyclocheilichthys
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Mekong Giant Barb

Cyclocheilichthys furcatus Sontirat, 1989

Also calledCa Coc Vay (vie) · Pa Va Hua Buk (lao) · Trey Chhkaok Ploeung (khm) · Pla Choke Mhai (tha)

First described in: Sontirat, S. (1985). Three new species of the freshwater fishes from Thailand. <em>Thai Fisheries Gazette.</em> 38 (1): 41-49.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Cyclocheilichthys furcatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2364450.